'Gut' Bacteria May Help Put a Kink in Family Obesity Cycle (IMAGE)

University of Calgary

'Gut' Bacteria May Help Put a Kink in Family Obesity Cycle

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University of Calgary researchers Raylene Reimer, professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, and PhD student Heather Paul, in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program in the Cumming School of Medicine, have published a new animal study that describes how a special type of dietary fibre known as prebiotic impacts the gut microbiota and may be one factor in reducing obesity in mom and baby.

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Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

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